Baking oven



May 22, 1923.

1,456,382 v. A. KINCANNON BAKING OVEN FiledBJune' 20, 1921 INVENTOR Patented May 22, 1923.

UNITED STATES VICTORIA A. KINCANNON, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BAKING OVEN. J 1

App1ication filed June20, 1921. Serial No. 479,057.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTORIA A. KIN- CANNON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Baking Ovens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tobaking ovens and particularly to a type of oven which is designed for use by campers, tourists or the like and has for its principal object the provision of an article of this character which can be folded when not in use and arranged in a compact package for shipment or storage.

WVhile the device, as stated, is admirably I adapted for use by campers, or tourists, it

is also structurally designed whereby it may be used with a high degree of efliciency for general purposes as a baking oven. It is found useful in view of its collapsible features to housekeepers where a large floor space is not available in view of the fact that it is readily portable and can be moved from one space to another at the convenience of the user.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a collapsible or knock-down oven in which several companion walls are associated with each other so as to constitute a baking enclosure in which the walls, where they meet one another, are inter-connected so as to seal the joints therebetween.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which means are included whereby the structure may be satisfactorily used in con nection with an ordinary heating range, a gas stove or vapor burner.

lVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangements of parts which will hereinafter be fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, has been illustrated, a single and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the oven showing the same set up.

Figure 2 is a vertical front-to-rear section therethrough.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a view showing a partially collapsed condition of the oven.

The oven consists of. front and rear walls 1 and 2, a top wall 3 and a bottom frame 4, together with side walls 5 which are formed in two pieces and hinged at their center.

The front wall 1 is apertured centrally and provided with a door 6 which is hinged at its lower edge tothe Wall 1 andprovided at its upper end with handles 7 whereby the door is manipulated and which control latches 8 to hold the door closed.

The wall members are secured together at their corners in hinged relation and the bottom and top are secured to the edges of the wall members by a, hinge-like joint, the rods of which may be readily removed by finger pieces 9 when the device'is to be folded; and handles 10 are held in place by these rods.

The bottom is formed with a central aperture 11 through whichthe heat from the stove passes, and the top is provided with a vent 12.

Screws or bolts 13 pass through the sides 5 and form rests upon which the shelves 14, 15 and 16 are placed. These shelves are preferably formed of stout wire mesh or screen; and the lowest one 14 is provided with an asbestos pad 17 which overlies the aperture 11 so as to spread and distribute the heat.

When it is desired to pack the device, three of the top and bottom rods are removed by drawing out on their finger pieces 9. The handles 10 are thus removed. The shelves 1 1, .15 and 16 are removed, and screws 13 are removed to permit the parts to fold flat, and the several walls are then collapsed as shown in Figure 4 but until they lie in contact with each other.

What is claimed is 1. A foldable oven of the class described comprising a front wall, a door secured thereto, knobs on said door, and a bottom hingedly secured to said front wall and foldable against said door, the construction and arrangement being such that when in folded condition, the said knobs are distant nected to said bottom, supports removably 10 from the said bottom, and legs detachably secured to said side walls, a plurality of connected to said bottom. foraminated shelves supported by said sup- 2. A stove oven comprising a front wall, ports, the lowermost shelf being formed 5 a door hingedly connected thereto, a rear with an asbestos pad whereby heat is spread wall, side walls, all of said walls being and distributed within said oven. 15 hingedly connected, abottom hingedly con- In testimony whereof I have afiixed my nected to said front wall and having a censignature.

tral aperture therein, legs detaohably con- VICTORIA A. KINCANNON. 

